Question follow-through · 1242

USA: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, who he plans to appoint as the next Ambassador to the United States.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 23 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 25 Jul 2024
Answer: 31 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, who he plans to appoint as the next Ambassador to the United States.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jul 2024
Answer published
The appointment of the next HMA Washington has not been decided. An appointment will be made in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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